Tailored high-performance polymers for industrial vehicles

Defects, repairs or downtimes of industrial vehicles for maintenance purposes are annoying and incur costs when the machines have to be taken out of service. Robust and reliable components are therefore required in order to avoid downtime and thus lower unnecessary costs.
Whether high loads at bearing locations with up to 250 MPa or very small bending radii for cables: igus® has virtually maintenance-free solutions with long service life for industrial vehicles such as forklifts, industrial tractors or driverless transport systems. In many applications, metallic bushings or recirculating ball bearing guides can be replaced by self-lubricating polymer bearings and linear guides! We would like to show you how to improve your technology and save costs at the same time.

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Vibration testIn this test, energy chains are subjected to vibrations between 30 and 60 Hz.

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Polymer bearings in a heavy-duty test with a maximum load of 500 kg.» Find out more

igus® products successfully in use in industrial vehicles

Cables guided with guide rollers

The company Still guides chainflex® cables at a stroke height of 12 meters with guide rollers. As the cables withstand very small bend radii and are extremely resistant to wear thanks to their specific construction, corkscrews are prevented.

The lubricated bronze bearings at the lifting mechanism in which dirt could accumulate caused permanent downtimes. Since maintenance-free iglidur® bearings are used for high loads, maintenance costs and downtimes have decreased.

Conventional guides always became jammed due to dirt, shocks and vibrations. Lochmann Cabine S.R.L. therefore started installing drylin® linear technology into the sliding doors, which absorbs shocks and vibrations and also works reliably in dirty environments.

Log service life and secure cable guidance characterise igus® energy supply. They are therefore used for seating systems, where they ensure long service life of cables even within the smallest installation space.

Perfect data transmission at 2,800 Newton

For transmitting data to cameras and monitors in industrial vehicles, chainflex® special cables were developed, which worked perfectly at tensile strengths of 2,800 Newton. In addition, they resist oil and UV and are flame-retardant.

No costs for lubrication and maintenance

iglidur® bar stock eliminate the need for lubrication of the fork tine suspension. As their material has excellent coefficients of friction, fork tines can be moved without problems. Downtimes due to lubrication and costs for lubricants are thus eliminated.

For you, the sample box is free of charge!

See for yourself that our products are of the highest quality. The sample box industrial vehicles contains the most important igus® products for this industry and information on their application in forklifts and similar vehicles.

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